Epstein files: Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick set for May 6 interview by House Oversight
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Commerce Secretary Lutnick originally claimed to have cut off contact with Jeffrey Epstein in 2005. But he and his family had lunch with the predator in 2012.
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Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick is scheduled to appear May 6 before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform for an interview about notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein , a person familiar with the situation told CNBC on Monday. "It's a voluntary transcribed interview," the person said, speaking on condition of anonymity because the appearance hasn't yet been announced. Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. James Comer, R-Ky ., said March 3 that Lutnick had agreed to the interview about the crimes of Epstein and his convicted procurer, Ghislaine Maxwell, but did not announce what day that would happen. The Commerce Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment about Lutnick's scheduled appearance. Lutnick, during testimony on Feb. 10 to the Senate Appropriations Committee, said he and his family had lunch with Epstein in December 2012 on Epstein's private Caribbean island, which he visited along with the family's nannies. That meal came more than four years after Epstein pleaded guilty in Florida state court to soliciting an underage girl for prostitution, for which he served 13 months in jail. Read more CNBC politics coverage U.S. fighter jet shot down in Iran, one crew member rescued: MS NOW Trump calls for huge increase in defense spending, domestic spending cuts Trump tariff fallout: Some industries grapple with effects one year later Trump threatens to destroy Iranian infrastructure Army chief of staff fired by Hegseth, Reuters Tiger Woods called Trump after DUI crash, he told cop on bodycam video Warner, Schiff probe potential insider trading in government Trump's White House ballroom gets approval after judge's halt order Trump fires Attorney General Pam Bondi Grocery shock on the horizon as U.S. midterm elections approach Lutnick's admission in that Senate testimony came after he had claimed to have cut off contact with Epstein, who was his neighbor in New York, in 2005. But Department of Justice files about Epstein show Lutni...
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